NASW-CA’s Annual Conference is going virtual this year! Registrations are now open to attend our conference on October 16th and 17th, 2020. For the month of august we have a 30% discount when you register to attend with promo code: VIRTUAL30
Social workers and social work students from all over the country are welcome and ..Read More…
NASW Practice Alert on Home Health: Telehealth During COVID-19 and New Payment System
The Medicare home health benefit, which includes medical social services, has long been essential to beneficiaries living with acute, chronic, and advanced health conditions. Access to home health services is of utmost importance during the coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. This Practice ..Read More…
The Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development (OSHPD) is pleased to announce the California State Loan Repayment Program (SLRP) is now accepting applications.
The SLRP serves to increase the number of healthcare providers working in federally designated Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs) and Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs). Eligible applicants may be awarded a ..Read More…
Aug 05, 2020
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The National Association of Social Workers (NASW) enthusiastically endorses Joe Biden for president in 2020. During his nearly 45-year career in public office, including as a U.S. Senator and Vice President, Mr. Biden has demonstrated a consistent commitment to advancing ..Read More…
The National Social Work Voter Mobilization Campaign has joined with VotER, a nonpartisan civic engagement initiative that is making voter registration quick and easy in health care settings and beyond across the country. VotER knows that for decades social work has been out in front doing the hard work of voter registration. Therefore, they offered us their FREE Healthy Democracy Kit that makes voter ..Read More…
Daliana Reyes was recently awarded a 2020-2021 Consuelo W. Gosnell Memorial Scholarship by the NASW Foundation
Daliana Reyes is a first-year MSW student and Child Welfare Scholar at the University of California, Berkeley. She is also a first-generation Mexican American college graduate raised in Los Angeles, California. Daliana received a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology ..Read More…
Fabiola Cuevas Flores was recently awarded a 2020-2021 Consuelo W. Gosnell Memorial Scholarship by the NASW Foundation
Fabiola Cuevas Flores will begin an MSW program at the University of Chicago in the fall of 2020. As an undergraduate student at UCLA, Fabiola majored in psychology and double minored in Chicana/o Studies and Applied Developmental Psychology. ..Read More…
As the election approaches, we would like to remind our members that it is important to encourage your clients, colleagues, and families to register and vote. Many issues that affect the communities we serve are on the ballot in California, as well as many local officials that are in charge of making many decisions that ..Read More…
July 24, 2020
About Social Work Responds
The Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB), the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE), and the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) are committed to collaborating on the range of issues affecting the social work profession and the people and communities we serve.
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FCC DESIGNATES ‘988’ AS 3-DIGIT NUMBER
FOR NATIONAL SUICIDE PREVENTION HOTLINE
Action Will Help Combat Rising Suicide Rates by Making It Easier for
Americans in Crisis to Obtain Assistance from Trained Counselors
— WASHINGTON, July 16, 2020—Today, the Federal Communications Commission adopted rules to establish 988 as the new, nationwide, 3-digit phone number ..Read More…
